Poll: best looking GA prop plane of all time?

The Piaggio is soooo good looking no corporation would be caught dead flying one. King Air's are, on the otherhand, used everywhere. The same reason Beech killed the Starship; no one bought the darned thing because no CEO wanted to be seen in it, regardless of how great it was on paper.


Best looking "GA" aircraft (plural)....

A polished out 195 or Swift
Spartan Executive
Beech 18
DC-3
Staggerwing Beech
C-185
Lancair PropJet
TBM700
PC-12 !! (looks manly, whereas the Piaggio looks, well, NOT)


Just my humble opinion on "good looking"

For the other side of this thread....

A Shorts SC 7 was at our local airport this weekend. The thing is uglier in
person than photos can convey.

The same plane's photo was already posted ....

http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...nct_entry=true


"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
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I vote for the Cessna 195,

Does it have to be GA? I've always thought the DC3 one of the most
attractive planes ever built.

I always wondered why Beech had allowed such poor aerodynamics on the
Duke (the thing is drag incarnate)

Doesn't the Duke cruise around 220-230kt? Isn't that about avg for
pressurized turbo'd piston twins?

You're correct on the cruise speed of the Duke, however it makes that
speed on very large engines and poor aerodynamics. The larger Cessna
421 goes as fast on less power and the Aerostar 601P is nearly 30 knots
faster on less power.

All the best,
Rick


wrote:
I always wondered why Beech had allowed such poor aerodynamics on the
Duke (the thing is drag incarnate)

Doesn't the Duke cruise around 220-230kt? Isn't that about avg for
pressurized turbo'd piston twins?